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Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States]: Group Quarters Population by Age, Sex, Race and Spanish Origin (ICPSR 8341)

Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

This data collection contains a complete or 100-percent
count of all persons in group quarters by sex and single years of
age up to 74 years old with a category for all persons 75 years
old and older, as well as a total. The distribution is repeated for
18 racial/ethnic groups. The group quarters population includes
persons in institutional group quarters such as homes, schools,
hospitals, or wards for the physically and mentally handicapped,
hospitals or wards for mental, tubercular, or chronically ill patients,
homes for unwed mothers, nursing, convalescent, and rest homes for
the aged and dependent, orphanages, and correctional facilities.
Noninstitutional group quarters cover rooming and boarding houses,
general hospitals, including nurses' and interns' dormitories, college
student dormitories, religious group quarters, and similar housing. Data
are available for all counties and independent cities.

This data collection contains a complete or 100-percent
count of all persons in group quarters by sex and single years of
age up to 74 years old with a category for all persons 75 years
old and older, as well as a total. The distribution is repeated for
18 racial/ethnic groups. The group quarters population includes
persons in institutional group quarters such as homes, schools,
hospitals, or wards for the physically and mentally handicapped,
hospitals or wards for mental, tubercular, or chronically ill patients,
homes for unwed mothers, nursing, convalescent, and rest homes for
the aged and dependent, orphanages, and correctional facilities.
Noninstitutional group quarters cover rooming and boarding houses,
general hospitals, including nurses' and interns' dormitories, college
student dormitories, religious group quarters, and similar housing. Data
are available for all counties and independent cities.

Access Notes

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This study is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), the aging program within ICPSR. NACDA
is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH).

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1980 [UNITED STATES]: GROUP QUARTERS POPULATION BY AGE SEX, RACE, AND SPANISH ORIGIN. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1983. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08341.v1

Universe:
All persons living in group quarters in the United States
in 1980.

Data Type(s):
census/enumeration data

Data Collection Notes:

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